Wax flowers and process of making them



jected either in sections or in completed form 4 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS D. SINGER, OF HABRODSBURG, KENTUCKY.

WAX FLOWERS AND PROCESS OF MAKING THEM.

' flowers of this character which closelysimulate nature and are yet of suflicient rigidity e to .resistbreakage incident-to careless handling. v

- Another object of the invention is to provide a process for producing wax flowers of this character by coating with wax, paper articles, in a peculiar manner.

Another object is to provide such a. process which while simple and cheap to carry. into effect produces the most perfect and life like articles the artificiality of which is difiicult. to detect.

In carrying (nit the process constituting a. part of this invention flowers or other arti- 'cles to be waved made of crape or other suitable paper and which may be boughtin the open market or. not-as desired, are first subto amelted paraiiin wax bath of approxi, mately 130 F. After immersing the flower in such a bath it is removed and suitably placed for cooling of the wax coating obtained. by such immersion. After the coated *article has cooled the wax solidifies thereon and it is then ready for further treatment.

I 'The wax bath is then brought to a temperature such as will cause the wax to have a.

' smooth glossy finish and which is of a lower temperature than the first bath. The wax coated flower is then again dipped into said bath and placed and allowed to remain on a- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13,1921

1920. Serial No. 392,381.

suitable rack or other support for a predetermined period of time sufficient to allow the last coating to dry or harden, usually requiring from three-to four hours for each hardening operation according to the surrounding atmospheric conditions.

This repeated dip-ping and cooling of the flower is continued until the desired appearance is obtained. The wax bath in which the flower is repeatedly immersed is successively reduced in temperature each immersion belng in a bath lower in temperature. than the one preceding it.

The resulting product of the above described process is a wax flower composed of a crape or other suitable paper base having applied thereto a plurality of superposed coatings of wax which merge into each other and impart rigidity to the flower and cause it to so nearly resemble a natural flower that it is difiicult to determine the artificial from the natural. It is of course understood that when these flowers are completed that they may be combined and used tor-any purpose desired.

The wax used in the manufacture of these flowers is a paraffin wax known to the trade as Gulph wax. These flowers will resist comparatively high temperatures and will not melt at a temperature less than 132 F.

What I claim is:

A process for producing wax flowers and the like which consists in subjecting a flower of crape or other suitable paper to a series of treatments, each consisting in immersing the flower in a melted wax bath; then removing the article and cooling it until the coating is completely dried, each successive bath .being of a temperature lower than its pred- LOUIS D. SINGER. 

